Mastering strategic risk : a framework for leading and transforming organizations

Content: Mastering Strategic Risk
 Contents
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 Introduction: Mastering the Complexities of a New Age
 CHAPTER 1 The Round World, the Square Pegs: Redesigning Organizations to Manage the Risks of a Different World
 RIGHTING THE SHIP: MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF A NEW AGE
 THE UNTOLD STORY OF WACHOVIA'S DEMISE: THE RISE AND FALL OF AN INDUSTRY GIANT
 A Legacy to Be Proud Of
 What Went Wrong
 A SYMPTOM OF A MUCH LARGER CHALLENGE
 THE BURNING PLATFORM: WHY THE NEED FOR CHANGE
 LEVERAGING THE POWER OF PEOPLE
 A WORLD OF PATTERNS: DOES NATURE HOLD THE ANSWERS?
 REFERENCES. CHAPTER 2 The Three Elements: Creating, Facilitating, and Supporting Your Competitive Advantage A FRAMEWORK TAKEN FROM NATURE
 Natural Systems
 THE HUMAN BODY AS AN EXAMPLE
 The Nervous System
 Governance and the Body: The Cell Cycle and Temperature
 ECOSYSTEMS
 THE THREE ELEMENTS AND OUR MARKETPLACE
 The Creative Element and the Marketplace
 THE THREE ELEMENTS AND THE AUTO INDUSTRY
 THE THREE ELEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS
 The Motorola Story
 Aligning the Three Elements with Corporate Activities
 THE CREATIVE ELEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS
 Facilitation
 Support
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AS AN EXAMPLE. EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN SUMMARY
 QUESTIONS
 NOTE
 REFERENCES
 CHAPTER 3 The Three Forces: Mastering Strategic Risk with Repetition, Balance, and Movement
 ANTICIPATING CHANGE: TOYOTA
 THREE FORCES THAT DICTATE PERFORMANCE IN SYSTEMS
 MOVEMENT AND CHANGE IN NATURE
 Movement and Change in the World We've Created
 Balance in Nature
 Repetition in Nature
 MOVEMENT, BALANCE, AND REPETITION IN OUR MARKETPLACE
 Balance in the Marketplace
 Repetition in the Marketplace
 CHANGE, BALANCE, AND REPETITION IN ORGANIZATIONS
 Blockbuster and the Impact of New Technology
 Change and Technology. Balance in Organizations Repetition in Organizations
 THE THREE ELEMENTS AND FORCES AND OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
 The Creative Element
 Support and the Federal Government
 Facilitation and the State
 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS, FACILITATES, AND CREATES: A FRACTAL VIEW
 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OVERSIGHT
 A HOLISTIC APPROACH
 SUMMARY
 QUESTIONS
 REFERENCES
 CHAPTER 4 Transforming the Corporate Agenda: Applying the New Learning to Master Strategic Risk
 ALIGNING THE THREE ELEMENTS AND FORCES FOR IMPACTFUL RESULTS
 THE THREE ELEMENTS AS KEY DRIVERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE. Driving Growth through Continuous Creativity and Innovation The Talent Factor and Innovation
 CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THROUGH THE LENS OF INDUSTRY LEADERS
 Google-Building a Culture of Innovation
 The IKEA Way
 Bell Labs-A Trailblazer of American Corporate Innovation
 IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL CENTERS OF CREATIVITY AND GROWTH IN THE MOST UNLIKELY OF PLACES
 McDonald's and Its DNA of New Product Development
 GROWTH THROUGH FACILITATIVE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES
 Wells Fargo
 GROWTH THROUGH SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES
 Mobile Banking
 REPETITION AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. Wachovia and merger integration.